Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838) is a animal in the Epitoniidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)

Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)

Epitonium humphreysii is a wentletrap with a maximum 24 mm shell length found in the western Atlantic Ocean at 0 to 95 m depth.

Family
Genus
Epitonium
Order
Class
Gastropoda

About Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)

This species, Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838), has a maximum recorded shell length of 24 millimeters. As a wentletrap, it lives in the western Atlantic Ocean. Its distribution ranges from Massachusetts south through Florida, continues through the Gulf states to Mexico, and also includes Brazil. The minimum recorded depth where this species can be found is 0 meters, while the maximum recorded depth is 95 meters.

Photo: (c) Susan J. Hewitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan J. Hewitt · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Epitoniidae Epitonium

More from Epitoniidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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